Exploring quality of life and social impacts in living kidney donors: Insights from tertiary hospitals Saudi Arabia: A 2-year cross-sectional study from 2022 to 2024
This study demonstrates that kidney donation generally leads to high levels of satisfaction and positive psychosocial outcomes for donors. While most donors reported improved quality of life and strong motivation to donate again, a subset experienced ongoing physical symptoms such as pain and fatigue.
Authors
- Mohammed Bogari
- Fadil Hassan
- Aseel Jarwan
- Abdullah M. Aldawsari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2709-9381)
- Muhammed Shahzad
- Abdullah Alsubaey
- Faisal Alsabhi
- Amin Qusti
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- Umm al-Qura University (SA)
- Community Link (US)
- King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urology Annals
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ua.ua_113_24
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00